# Get license information

**GET /_license**

Get information about your Elastic license including its type, its status, when it was issued, and when it expires.

>info
> If the master node is generating a new cluster state, the get license API may return a `404 Not Found` response.
> If you receive an unexpected 404 response after cluster startup, wait a short period and retry the request.


## Servers
- http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth
- Basic auth
- Bearer auth


## Parameters


### Query parameters
- **accept_enterprise** (boolean)
  If `true`, this parameter returns enterprise for Enterprise license types. If `false`, this parameter returns platinum for both platinum and enterprise license types. This behavior is maintained for backwards compatibility.
  This parameter is deprecated and will always be set to true in 8.x.
- **local** (boolean)
  Specifies whether to retrieve local information.
  From 9.2 onwards the default value is `true`, which means the information is retrieved from the responding node.
  In earlier versions the default is `false`, which means the information is retrieved from the elected master node.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **license** (object)



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